Party chief: Vietnam backs India’s connectivity with SEA

Vietnam backs India’s Act East policy and comprehensive connectivity
with Southeast Asia, Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong told
Speaker of the Lower House of Parliament (Lok Sabha) of India Sumitra
Mahajan in Hanoi on March 30.

The Party leader
thanked Mahajan and her delegation for contributing constructive ideas
to the ongoing 132 nd Inter-Parliamentary Union Assembly in Hanoi,
adding that her visit would boost the traditional friendship and
comprehensive strategic partnership between the two nations.

Mahajan noted that Vietnam is a strategic partner of India in the
ASEAN and the broader region and that the country plays a key role in
India’s “Look East” policy, now known as the “Act East” policy.

She suggested determination and cooperative potential would further
solidify the traditional friendship and coordination between the two
countries.

Receiving Mahajan the same day, Prime
Minister Nguyen Tan Dung said the Vietnamese government urges the Indian
legislature to back stronger partnerships across economics, trade,
investment, tourism, science-technology, education-training, national
defence-security, people-to-people exchange, and multilateral forum
cooperation.

The government supports the strengthening of ties between Vietnamese and Indian legislatures, he said.

The guest confirmed that Vietnam and India are able to work together in a variety of areas without obstacles.

The upcoming Vietnam visit by Indian Speaker of the Parliament and
Defence Minister and the launch of direct flight services will mark a
new milestone in the bilateral relationship, she said.